Baking and roasting apparatus.



IVI. GABRIEL, f BAKING AND ROASTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.23. 1917.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

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MARY GABRIELOF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

'BAKINGr AND ROSTING'A'PPARATUS.

Specification-f Letters Patent.

' Pateiflted'Api-L 2,1918.

Applie'ationledMarch 23, 1917. `1 Serial No.\1i56,932'.

:Be it known lthat I,` MARYA Grimani., a citizen ofithe iUiiited States, residing at lVat'erbury, inv the countyof New Haven and Sta-te of Connecticut, Ahave invented certain newl and useful `Improvements in Baking and Roasting Apparatus, of `which the following is. a. specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bakingyand roasting devices, and has for one of its objects to` improve the construction-'and -increasel't-.heI efficiency andutility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to rovide a device of this character inclu ing an outer shell or casing in which the pan which contains the articles of food is inserted, and from which the pan may be readily removed without disturbing the shell which is located within the oven or other heating apartment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shell adapted to contain a baking pan and having antifriction balls or rollers to facilitate the insertion and removal of the pan.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the improved device.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

F ig. 3 is a plan view of the pan inclosing shell in section on the line .3*3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. Ll is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the bottom of the shell illustrating the manner of arranging and supporting the antifriction members.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. i illustrating a modiiication in the construction.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

' Improved device comprises an outer shell or casing represented as a whole at 10, open at the front and closed at the bottom, sides and rear. The bottom of the shell is formed with two or more longitudinally directed slots indicated at 11 and with a trough shaped member 12 attached to the bottom the shell ybeneath each. slot. 4'llhewlneinber 12 is formed with Vlaterally directed Alian'ges 13` by which 1t is rivetedwor' otherwise-secured to .the body of thewshcll adjacenty to the slots.

- Themember. 13 iswider` `than the slots-11, the latter tlnisoverhanging the -interion of the trough vshaped member, as :shown inrFig..

4:. The member 12 'forms a support"y for-a plurality r of; antifriction balls 141 which-project through the slots and above the upper face of the bottombf the-shelhl'as-shown'in I Figs.-1and 2. The pan which is to contain the food t0 be cooked 1s represented as a vided with a pull handle represented at 18.

The top member of the shell 10 forms a practical closure to the pan when the latter is inserted, and the pan requires no other cover or closure. When the contents of the pan are to be inspected, the operator partly withdraws the pan by applying pulling force to the handle 1S, and this can be done without exposing the operator to the steam or gases rising from the food being cooked.

The shell and pan may be of any required size and of any suitable material,

but will preferably be constructed of the same grade of sheet metal of which ordinary baking pans are constructed.

The members 11 may be in the form of ordinary antifriction balls, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, or in the form of rollers, as shown in Fig. 5.

Having thusdescribed the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In an apparatus of the class described, a shell open at the front and including` a bottom member', said bottom member having longitudinally directed openings, a trough shaped member beneath each of said openings and of greater' width than the same whereby the side edges to the openings overhang the trough, and a plurality of antifriction elements Within each of said troughs and of greater diameter than the openings and Vprojecting partly therethrough to engage a container VWhen inserted into the shell.

2. The combination in an apparatus of the class described of a shell 'open at the liront and including a bottom member, said bottoni member having longitudn'lallyV d1- reeted openings, a trough shaped member beneath each of'said openings and of greater Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing eluding top and bottom members, said bottom member having longitudinally directed openings, a trough shaped member beneath each of said openings and of greater Width than the same 'whereby the side edges to the openings overhang the troughs, a plurality of antifriction elements Within each of said vtroughs andfof greater Width than the openings and proj eating partly therethrough, and a container open at thetop and engaging in said shell and in v(nigagement With and bearing upon said antifriction elements with the upper edge of the container in close proximity to the top of the shell whereby the top of the shell forms` a closure tor the container. p i Y In testimony whereof I aIiX my signature.

'MARY saneren [L Sg Y the 6JoinrnissonerV of Patents,

Washington, D. E. 

